Anne Rabbitte
Question:1502. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to each family resource centre in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1185/18]
View answerTuesday, 16 January 2018
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There are 109 Family Resource Centres currently in receipt of funding from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Tusla provides funding to the centres under an annual agreement. This funding is provided by way of a contribution towards the running costs of the centres. The financial allocation to support this programme amounted to €13.51m in 2017.
I was also pleased to announce recently that additional funding of €3.0m is being allocated to the programme in 2018, increasing the base budget to approximately €16.5m. This will support the inclusion of 11 new centres to the programme, as well as allowing for an increase in allocation to the existing 109 centres of up to €10,000 each.
I understand that the Deputy is seeking information relating to the individual allocation provided to each Family Resource Centre in 2017. I have asked Tusla to supply such information to my Department, and will forward the information to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
The referred reply under Standing Order 42A was forwarded to the Deputy.